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Dist:0.1km north<br/>Viewed looking upstream from the north-west end of Erith Pier.
©Nigel Cox
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©Chris Downer
Dist:0.3km north<br/>Trolleys getting gradually swallowed up by mudflats at Erith.
©Chris Downer
Dist:0.3km north<br/>Well, it was rather asked for! (The subject of this sign is actually the one above it: [[491168]].)
©Chris Downer
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©Chris Downer
Dist:0.4km north<br/>This promenade along the River Thames frontage and Riverside Gardens commemorates William Cory who was a well-established coal merchant in North Kent. It may be that this area was once a wharf that the Cory company used to transport coal.
©Nigel Cox
Dist:0.4km north<br/>This is on Erith High Street and backs onto the River Thames. It was opened in 1908, and incorporated buildings used by the river police. It closed as an operational unit on 31 December 1979 and is now in residential use.
©Nigel Cox
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©Stacey Harris
Dist:0.4km north<br/>There has been a public house called the Running Horses on this site since before Queen Victoria came to the throne. That pub was replaced by the new Running Horses seen here, designed by the architect G E Clay, and opened in December 1938. Sadly on the 29 November 1940 a bomb exploded very close by, killing several people in the pub, including the landlord, and the pub itself was badly damaged.
©Nigel Cox
Dist:0.4km north<br/>The pool was deisgned by the late architect Richard Seifert and opened in 1968. This is the west gable end which contains a mural by the artist William Mitchell entitled "Erith's History". This mural, which is the dark rectangle to the left of the building, is now in a parlous unprotected state, although I understand it will be saved when the building is demolished for the Erith Western Gateway redevelopment. See [[716995]] for the main frontage.
©Nigel Cox
Dist:0.4km north<br/>Due for demolition as part of the Erith Western Gateway redevelopment, the swimming pool is currently a terrible eyesore with broken windows, graffiti, and around the back at least a high corrugated metal fence. There is a mural on the end wall around the far corner which will be preserved I understand. See [[717039]].
©Nigel Cox
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©Stacey Harris
Dist:0.5km north<br/>This is the Coldharbour Point Light, the photo was taken looking downstream. The industrial areas of Erith can be seen in the background.
©Glyn Baker
Dist:0.5km north<br/>This 1980s housing estate demonstrates how developers build to satisfy a perceived demand. In this case the site is very close (about a minute's walk away) to Erith railway station and the type of housing has been designed to accommodate young commuters without families. Cricketers Close leads straight on from the roundabout, while Stonewood Road is off to the right from it.
©Nigel Cox
Dist:0.5km north<br/>The present pier was opened in 1957 replacing an older wooden structure, and allowed large cargo ships to berth at Erith. The pier was acquired by Morrison's in 1999 and extensively refurbished as part of their nearby supermarket development. The pier began life as a straightforward structure sticking out into the river, but between about 1895 and 1910 it acquired a second arm to the west enabling the pier railway to loop back to the land. At that time there were extensive railway sidings serving the wharves where the Morrison's supermarket is now. This configuration lasted until at least the Second World War. Today the second arm has been demolished and the modern pier now has an inverted L-shape. At the very end of the pier can be seen the distant landmark of the Littlebrook power station chimney.
©Nigel Cox

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